. >> president obama sits back and watches this unfold. ken senator rand paul taking action. >> the kentucky senator wants to keep detroit a conservative utopia. >> what i'm promoting is something called economic freedom zones. >> these zones free up detroit to bail themselves out. >> reduction in individual and corporate tax rates. >> get rid of the capital gains. >> reduce the red tape and let businesses thrive. >> this is horrible. this idea much. >> i think really what we need to do is try something different. >>. >> let's turn now to michael eric dyson, georgetown university professor and msnbc political analyst. that's all you've got to do, professor, is just take that red tape and then cut it. >> and then all of a sudden these jobs are going to show up. rand paul in detroit, and he wants to open up the gop's african-american engagement the office to reach out to voters. i mean, is he the best ambassador to the party? your thoughts on this effort. >> yeah, if he is, ed, it's a pretty -- it's an awful shame. because, look, his heart,